5 Places to Find Happiness With Your Kids

February 21, 2014 in Inspiration

They grow up fast, don’t they? It makes you wonder: what will they remember of their time with you? Well, now is your chance to make lasting memories happen. Let’s […]

On Valentine’s Day & Love, 20 years in

February 15, 2014 in Inspiration, North America, Travelogue, United States

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, leaving in it’s wake every manner of pink and red foil garbage for the landfill and enough dying rose petals drown in. Cheap chocolate […]

Duane Forrest: One Man Can Change The World: On Genesis, Selfishness & Serendipity

January 9, 2014 in Canada, Honduras, Inspiration, North America, Travelogue

4:40 a.m. I am awake. My brain is writing. I don’t know why this happens to me. Perhaps it’s just that the middle of the night is the only quiet […]

Christmas Letter-2013

December 18, 2013 in Inspiration

I have been trying to write this letter for days. Life keeps getting in the way.  It is cold this morning in Indiana. The trees have pulled the thick blanket […]

Family travel instead of holiday gifts, with Thomas Cook

December 17, 2013 in Inspiration

‘Tis the season to buy stuff, right? I’ve been asked several times in the past month “what we do about Christmas” and what we recommend giving as gifts to travelers. […]

5 Ways packaged vacations can be a great way to hit the road, with Air Canada Vacations

December 16, 2013 in Inspiration

Getting my haircut, as we travel, always makes me nervous. I’m picky, and my haircuts have to be low maintenance. I put off going for as long as I possibly […]

The Impossible Dream: a word to be careful with

November 27, 2013 in Inspiration

“Those who say it is impossible, should not interrupt those who are doing it.” Someone I don’t really know recently asserted, in a group, that a particular aspect of what […]

5 Things longterm travel is NOT

November 21, 2013 in Inspiration

I awoke, this morning, thinking about our journey and the excitement of being home for a few months. I opened my eyes to messages of love and daily life from […]

How was your trip?

November 11, 2013 in Inspiration

If you’ve been traveling for any length of time then you’ve been asked the same questions a million times: Where are you from? Where are you going? Where have you […]

6 Tips for minimizing jet lag

November 10, 2013 in Inspiration

Hawaii: Day 5 We’re beginning to feel like people again.  Truth be told, the jet lag between Australia and Hawaii was not nearly as bad as we expected it to […]